Practicing Democracy: Popular Politics in the United States from the Constitution to the Civil War

by Adam I.P. Smith

In Practicing Democracy, eleven historians challenge conventional narratives of democratization in the early United States, offering new perspectives on the period between the ratification of the Constitution and the outbreak of the Civil War. The essays in this collection address critical themes such as the origins, evolution, and disintegration of party competition, the relationship between political parties and popular participation,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813937701
• ISBN13: 9780813937700
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.4"